ANIME

A new season will begin in April for the TV anime *PriPara*, the successor to the popular 2014 series *Pretty Rhythm*.

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On Jan. 27, an official smartphone app launched for the TV anime *Cross Ange: Rondo of Angels and Dragons*, which entered its second season broadcast in October 2014.

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A new project is being hammered out for the popular TV anime *Haikyu!!* that was broadcast from April to September 2014.

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A TV anime has been greenlit for the popular novel *Over Lord* published by Kadokawa’s Enterbrain brand company. Along with the announcement, the main cast was also announced. Also revealed are details on a stage event to be held at AnimeJapan 2015.

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The main cast has been announced and a PV released for *Hibike! Euphonium* which will begin broadcasting in April. Already, excitement is building for the broadcast.

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An original, full-length animated film to be released this summer has been revealed. The story of Sinbad, a worldwide well-known figure from *Arabian Nights*, is becoming an anime by Nippon Animation and Shirogumi.

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It has been confirmed that the TV anime *Eikoku Ikka, Nihon o Taberu* will begin broadcasting on NHK General TV on April 16. Also, coming before the broadcast, on Sunday, April 12 the show will be distributed to overseas audiences on NHK World TV.

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There have been talks recently about the necessity of overseas distribution of Japanese anime, manga, and characters. Under such circumstances, an original Internet anime is being promoted from the walls of a toilet in Harajuku.

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An anime adaptation has been confirmed for *Sore ga Seiyu!*, a tag team effort between an active voice actress and a popular manga artist. The broadcast will begin this summer.

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*My Love Story!!*––a shoujo manga with a main character who is 2 meters tall, 120 kilograms, and has a rough, stern face––is getting a TV anime adaptation. The confirmation of the anime came in November 2014, and now at last the staff and cast on this attention-grabbing series have been revealed.

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*Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid*, the newest sequel to the popular anime series *Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha* was announced in August 2014. As the series has many enthusiastic fans, the news was greeted with great applause.

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Along with a new film to release early this spring, there is yet another development in the *Ghost in the Shell* series. It has been confirmed that the broadcast of the TV series *Ghost in the Shell: Arise* will begin this April.

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The battle song to the movie *Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection of F* releasing countrywide in Japan on April 18 has been confirmed.

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The adaptation of *The Heroic Legend of Arslan* into a TV anime series was huge news when it was announced in November 2014.

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The official *Evangelion* site was renewed for the new year on Jan. 1. Many fans probably remember having their heart skip a beat when they saw on the site, in a familiar white font against black, the phrase “By the way, it’s 2015.”

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The instant smash-hit anime short series *Robot Girls Z*, produced by Toei Animation, was aired on the Toei Channel from January to March of 2014. It has been announced that the continuation of this series will begin airing in the spring of 2015.

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A key visual to Season 2 of *Non Non Biyori* has been released and the title *Non Non Biyori Repeat* has been confirmed.

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The newest work in the *Psycho-Pass* series, *Psycho Pass the Movie*, will release in Japan countrywide on Jan. 9, 2015. In celebration of this, events that use Tokyo as their stage are being held.

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Even chief director Yoshiyuki Tomino, who was so busy he said, “I haven’t finished work yet,” and, “I really don’t have the time to be here,” made it to the theater, accompanied by Mark Ishii (protagonist Bellri Zenam), Yu Shimamura (Aida), Takuya Sato, and Ryota Ohsaka (Klim) from the cast.

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The movie *Appleseed Alpha* will release in theaters across Japan on Jan. 17, 2015. A special commercial focusing on Briareos played by Junichi Suwabe, a character who is the first love of main character Deunan, has been completed and was broadcast on Dec. 27 on Tokyo MX, Gunma TV, Tochigi TV, and BS11.

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